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Armed teenage carjacker dies after victim — a woman carrying concealed — shot him in the head on the south side of Chicago

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An 17-year-old carjacker died earlier this week after a woman carrying concealed shot him in the head during an attempted heist on the south side of Chicago the day before Thanksgiving.

What’s the background?

The 23-year-old woman was sitting in a parked vehicle just after 2 a.m. in the 1300 block of East 89th Street when she saw four suspects exit a black sedan, WMAQ-TV reported.

One of the suspects was displaying a gun while trying to open her car door, police told the station.

The woman — a concealed carry license holder, according to cops — fired a single shot, striking the suspect in the head, WMAQ said.

The victim then fled the scene on foot, but another suspect opened fire, striking her in the left arm, the station said.

Paramedics took the shot male to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, police told WFLD-TV. He was pronounced dead earlier this week, police told WMAQ.

The woman was taken to Trinity Hospital and listed in fair condition, WFLD-TV reported. She was treated, according to WMAQ, but the station didn’t note her condition or whether she was released from the hospital.

The other three suspects were still at large as of Tuesday, WMAQ said.

Anything else?

In a city filled to the brim with crooks using guns illegally, Chicago concealed carriers have been tallying numerous successes, protecting themselves and others from the worst possible outcomes. Here’s a sampling from this year:

  • In September, gunmen opened fire at partygoers outside a home and shot a 13-year-old boy in the head, but the victim’s 21-year-old cousin — a concealed carry license holder — pulled out his gun and shot back, after which the gunmen fled.
  • Also in September, a concealed carry license holder shot an armed 13-year-old boy as the boy allegedly was breaking into the concealed carrier’s car.
  • In July, a woman with a concealed carry license shot at a group of males who pointed a gun at her as they attempted to steal her car — and a 13-year-old male with the would-be thieves was shot.
  • In February, a knife-wielding man in an alley approached a concealed carrier, who shot the man with the knife once in the leg. Police eventually used a Taser on the knife-wielding man and arrested him.

Homeowner opens fire on home invaders; 1 dead, 3 wounded. Homeowner reportedly won’t be charged — but murder rap expected for surviving suspects.

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An Atlanta homeowner opened fire at a group of home invaders on Thanksgiving afternoon, police
told WXIA-TV, adding that one of the suspects is dead, and three were wounded.

The station said the homeowner won’t be charged in the shooting — which police said “appears justified” — but the surviving suspects are expected to be charged for murder in connection with the death of their alleged accomplice.

What are the details?

DeKalb County Police told WXIA that officers responded around 5 p.m. Thursday to the 2700 block of Gresham Road after getting reports of a person shot.

Image source: WAGA-TV video screenshot

When officers arrived at the scene they found three people — ages 23, 18, and 15 — with apparent gunshot wounds, the station said. The three males were taken to area hospitals in serious to critical condition, WAGA-TV added.

The 18-year-old male died, WXIA reported.

A fourth individual — a 30-year-old man — later showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound, WXIA said, adding that police said he also was linked to the incident.

“Several other parties” also allegedly involved were detained at the scene with the help of SWAT officers already in the area, WXIA reported.

Image source: WAGA-TV video screenshot

Following questioning by detectives, it was revealed that the four shot males were attempting to break into a home, WXIA said, adding that the group got into a shootout with someone living inside the home.

Police told WXIA the shooting “appears justified,” and no charges are expected to be filed against the party who shot the suspects.

However, the three surviving suspects are expected to be charged with felony murder in connection with the death of their alleged accomplice, WXIA reported. The two surviving adult males also will be charged with home invasion, WXIA added.

‘All I know is they got shot’

Donna Grier told WAGA she’s the aunt of two of the males who were shot and added that she couldn’t believe it when her daughter called her about what happened.

“I’m not doing well at all, at all,” Grier noted to the station. “All I know is they got shot.”

Courtney Cheeks told WAGA she’s renting a home near the scene of the shooting and that she didn’t know it was gunfire she was hearing.

“I didn’t event think they were gunshots,” Cheeks recalled to the station. “I thought they were fireworks because there were so many. It’s very disturbing to see that.”

The following news report aired early in the investigation:

Number of Americans regularly carrying handguns doubled in just 4 years

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With the rate of violent crime increasing, the number of Americans regularly carrying a loaded handgun has spiked.

A study by the American Journal of Public Health published on Nov. 16 found that the number of Americans who carry a loaded handgun every day has doubled in just four years. Approximately 6 million Americans packed a gun daily in 2019 versus 3 million who did so in 2015.

There were 16 million adults in the U.S. who carried a handgun in the past month compared to 9 million in 2015.

“Between increases in the number of people who own handguns and the number of people who carry every day, there has been a striking increase in handgun carrying in the U.S.,” said lead study author Dr. Ali Rowhani-Rahbar – a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.

The study utilized data from the 2019 National Firearms Survey, which included nearly 2,400 U.S. handgun owners.

The study found that gun owners have shifted the main reason for having a gun from hunting to personal protection.

In 1994, there were 46% of gun owners who used firearms for protection. The number of firearm owners who wanted a gun for protection soared to 65% by 2015 and 73% by 2019.

“Of handgun owners who carried, 4 in 5 carried primarily for protection, 4 in 5 had a concealed carry permit, 2 in 3 always carried concealed, and 1 in 10 always carried openly,” the American Journal of Public Health stated. “The prevalence of handgun carrying was similar in states with permitless carry laws and states with shall issue carry laws. By contrast, the prevalence of carrying was notably lower in states with may issue carry laws.”

“As personal protection became the predominant motivation for owning firearms, handgun ownership increased disproportionately from 64% in 1994 to 83% in 2021,” the study stated.

The study cited the U.S. Supreme Court 6-3 ruling in June that struck down a New York state gun control law that required firearm owners requesting a concealed carry license to demonstrate “proper cause.”

“On June 23, 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that New York’s proper-cause requirement violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection under the law by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms in public for self-defense,” the study read.

“This ruling could further catalyze the loosening of firearm-carrying regulations in different parts of the country at a time when, as our study indicates, trends in handgun carrying already point to more U.S. adults carrying loaded handguns in public places, including without a permit when a permit is required,” the study speculated.

Rowhani-Rahbar said, “The Supreme Court ruling has already resulted in some states’ loosening of laws related to handgun carrying. In light of that ruling, our study reinforces the importance of studying the implications of handgun carrying for public health and public safety.”

As of Jan. 1, 2023, Alabama will become the 22nd state that will not require a permit or background check to carry a concealed weapon.

Woman carrying concealed shoots gunman in head after he tries to get into her vehicle on south side of Chicago

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A woman carrying concealed shot a gunman in the head after he tried to get into her vehicle on the south side of Chicago early Wednesday morning, WFLD-TV reported.

What are the details?

The 23-year-old woman was sitting in her parked car around 2 a.m. in the 1300 block of East 89th Street in the Calumet Heights neighborhood when four men exited a black sedan and one of them tried to get into her car while flashing a handgun, police told the station.

The woman then shot the gunman once in the head, police noted to WFLD, after which the gunman ran from the vehicle.

One of the men he was with started shooting at the woman, striking her once in the arm, police told the station.

What happened next?

Paramedics took the shot gunman to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition, police added to WFLD.

The woman was taken to Trinity Hospital, where she was listed in fair condition, the station said.

The other three suspects fled the scene and are not in custody, WFLD reported, adding that detectives are investigating.

Anything else?

While the woman in this incident didn’t come away completely unscathed, it certainly could have been worse had she not exercised her Second Amendment rights.

It’s quite striking, too, in a city filled to the brim with crooks using guns illegally, that Chicago concealed carriers have been tallying numerous successes protecting themselves and others from the worst possible scenarios. Here’s a sampling just from this year:

  • In September, gunmen opened fire at partygoers outside a Chicago home and shot a 13-year-old boy in the head, but the victim’s 21-year-old cousin — a concealed carry license holder — pulled out his gun and shot back, after which the gunmen fled.
  • Also in September, a concealed carry license holder shot an armed 13-year-old boy in Chicago as the boy allegedly was breaking into the concealed carrier’s car.
  • In July, a woman with a concealed carry license shot at a group of males who pointed a gun at her as they attempted to steal her car in Chicago — and a 13-year-old male who was with the would-be thieves was shot.
  • In February, a knife-wielding man in a Chicago alley approached a concealed carrier, who shot the man with the knife once in the leg. Police eventually used a Taser on the suspect and arrested him.

'Don’t stop shooting until they're down': Homeowner says he 'did the right thing' when he fired at intruder who kicked in his door. Intruder died at scene.

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An Oklahoma homeowner told KOCO-TV he “did the right thing” when he fired at an intruder who kicked in his door in the middle of the day last week.

The intruder was pronounced dead at the scene in the 3000 block of Westbrook Street in Chickasha, which is about 40 minutes southwest of Oklahoma City.

What did the homeowner have to say?

A reporter with KOCO spoke with the homeowner Wednesday, the day after the break-in. He didn’t want to be on camera or have his name mentioned, the station said.

The homeowner noted to KOCO that the intruder was looking for his ex-girlfriend and trying to get inside the home.

What was going through his mind while the break-in was taking place?

“Distance,” the homeowner told the station. “Don’t stop shooting until they’re down and even then, watch ’em because people play possum.”

The homeowner added to KOCO that the intruder had dropped off a friend there.

“She had him drop her off here, and then she blocked him the next morning, and he decided to come over here because this is the last place that he knew she was,” the homeowner recounted to the station.

The homeowner told KOCO that he used a security camera to watch the man on the porch of his home and asked him to leave.

Instead, the man got something out of his truck and returned to the door, the station said.

“I was right up against the door looking out as I saw his back and his frame, and then I started to back up,” the homeowner told KOCO. “He kicked the door in. It hit me in the face. I pushed it back up against him, backed up and continued to back up.”

He added to the station that he didn’t begin firing “until I saw his feet come in over my doorway.”

KFOR-TV reported observing at least a dozen shell casings scattered across the home’s floor.

A next-door neighbor recounted to KFOR that he heard “pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. I mean, just, you know, as quick as someone could squeeze the trigger. I mean, it happened so fast … I walked outside and could smell gunpowder right away.”

‘I did the right thing’

Chickasha police told KOCO the case is still under investigation, and they aren’t releasing the name of the fatally shot man until his family is notified. The city’s police chief noted to KFOR that the homeowner doesn’t know the intruder.

The homeowner told KOCO he’s continuing to work with authorities: “The truth is truth, and I’ve got nothing to hide … I’ve told them everything I know of, and as far as I’m concerned, I did the right thing.”




Man who shot, killed someone trying to enter his home in Chickasha shares his story

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